I didn't need Mike Celzic to tell me Plaxico Burress is a knucklehead. I knew it since his rookie year, when he spiked the ball after a routine catch--only to discover that unlike in college a play isn't over in the NFL when the ball carrier merely hits the deck; an opposing player must also contact him. What I didn't know is that sports writer Mike Celzic is more of a knucklehead than Burress.

The Giants wide receiver, in case you haven't heard, accidentally shot himself in the leg at a nightclub in New York City last weekend. He's a fool for not holstering his weapon. He's a fool for not keeping his weapon on safe. He's paying for his foolishness. He has a bullet wound, has received a four-game suspension, faces jail time, and may have the remainder of a $35 million contract voided. He shouldn't have to pay for Celzic's idiocy, too.

"In the NFL, players point to Sean Taylor, the Washington Redskin who was shot and killed by intruders in his Florida home last year," Celzic writes. "I heard a player talking about it on ESPN today: If Sean Taylor had a gun, he'd be alive today. But that's an argument that can't be proved. Five men were involved in the burglary and shooting. Apparently, the shooter fired when accosted by Taylor." Leaving aside Celzic's heartless (and mindless) blaming of the victim--Taylor accosted his murderer???--there is the ideologically-driven illogic that dismisses the possibility of an armed Taylor fending off, or even scaring off, his home's invaders with a gun.

Unfortunately for Sean Taylor, a court ordered him not to carry a gun. Judicial do-gooderism turned into a death sentence. Celzic ignorantly writes, "What should stand out to athletes is that you never read about a jock whose life or property are saved because he had a gun. I'm sure it's happened, but I can’t find a reference or remember an incident." How about Taylor's teammate in the University of Miami's defensive backfield, Brandon Meriweather? Perhaps the reason why Celzic is "sure it's happened" but can't find "reference" to it is that he knows that instances of athletes using guns to fend off ne'er-do-wells are politically inconvenient for the Fourth Estate's gun-grabber contingent. Thus, stories of citizens brandishing, or even firing, weapons in self-defense are found in National Rifle Association publications, but not on MSNBC.com.

Here's what I wrote in A Tale of Two Miami Hurricanes in response to Sean Taylor's murder: "Meriweather played on the same team, played the same position, and was involved in an almost identical situation with a burglar firing a gun. When a shooter opened fire on Meriweather and a teammate, shooting the friend in the buttocks, Meriweather shot back. The assailant fled. Good job Brandon, right? One scribe wondered, 'why in the world a college student would be packing heat on the regular.' A CBS Sportsline writer, for instance, noting Meriweather's unsportsmanlike stomp of an opposition player in a brawl and his discharging a weapon at a criminal, joked: 'If the Patriots' new pick could have only thrown in a little armed robbery during his Miami Hurricanes days, he would be the ideal NFL triple threat.' But why group the legitimate use of a firearm with a thuggish on-field assault? The writer continued: 'A teammate being shot in the ass, and another returning fire, was met with casualness from fellow Hurricanes at the time. Former Meriweather teammate Kyle Wright told the media that at least Meriweather didn't 'bring a knife to a gunfight.' CBS mocks Wright's statement, but in light of the tragic loss of Sean Taylor, the writer's words mock himself.

For Celzic, guns are about "fear and twisted concepts of manhood and being a real bad expletive." No they're not. They're about protecting yourself in a dangerous world--a world even more dangerous for athletes whose journey from Section 8 to MTV Cribs is monitored by envious predators. Just ask Burress's fellow Giant wide receiver Steve Smith, who was robbed at gun point just days before Burress's friendly-fire incident occurred. Your Second Amendment rights aren't revoked on NFL draft day.

Darrent Williams. Sean Taylor. Fred Lane. Plaxico Burress never wanted to be on that list. I don't blame him.

I assure you nurse, I am Harris Smith. Have been all my life. Unfortunately, I was struck by some stray gunfire in the course of my work as a collector of antiquities. These are the hazards that attend that line of work, I’m afraid. Some folks are awful sensitive about their 18th century chinoiserie cabinets. Especially if they’re located in an Applebee’s.

I meet the description of whom? Sorry, I don’t follow the tabloids much. My exposure to the outside world consists of watching a little NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, curling up and reading my Economist with some yerba mate. Maybe listen to a little All Things Considered if I’m in the mood for whimsy. I find sports mostly disagreeable, though an impromptu game of squash is a fine divertissement from the day’s labors. My friend, uh, Eeeeeeeee….Elmer. Elmer taught it to me.

Plaxico? No, I know no one by that name. That we are both towering lanky black men is an odd quirk of fate. Super Bowl ring? No, that’s my class ring. We were also the Giants. I agree it is nice for a high school ring, thank you. No, the Smith family would never give one of their own such a garish-sounding name. Plaxico. Ugh. It offends the tongue.

[Kid with a Giants hat dashes into the room]

“Hey mister. My dad says you jog through your routes when you’re not the primary target.”

Heh heh heh. Children. Such fanciful imaginations they have.

[Turns back to nurse, flashes kid the gun he has stowed in his waistband. Kid runs off.]

Yes, yes, run along, scamp. Get into more monkeyshines while you can.

Where were we?

Yes, the bullet in my leg.

Can you do something about that? It might adversely affect my career. In antiquities. Must be in top physical form to lug all that furniture around. In an Applebee’s.

You rightly criticize Celzic's idiotic use of 'accosted,' but the part of that quote that struck me was "Five men were involved in the burglary and shooting." This immediately follows Celzic's rejection of the claim "If Sean Taylor had a gun, he'd be alive today" as unprovable. Is the suggestion that five intruders are too many for a gun to be useful? One kind of gun does Celzic have in mind? A bolt-action deer rifle? I don't know of any other way (short of being a ninja) for one man to repel five intruders other than having, e.g., a semi-automatic .44 with a large magazine.

Make that "What kind of a gun does Celzic have in mind."

I am, and remain, ready for some football.

Ralph,

I looked up some articles on Se4an Taylor's murder as I didn't recall it being such a scenario as this guy describes. What I can find is that 4 teenagers broke in but one apparently stayed in the car. Only one of them had a gun, so it wasn't like he was going to have to be confronted with 5 guys with guns a blazing. Also, they woke him by making noise downstairs and he went and locked the bedroom door first.

He seems he could have had a chance to adequately defend himself with a wide range of handguns and definitely with a shotgun, or a sawed off one as I would prefer.

Actually though, who is Mike Celizic?

When I heard Plexico used an alias, Harris Smith,it actually cracked me up to think he actually thought he could pull off using an alias.
Celzic, is your prototypical,limp wristed, man in gender only, who not only fears guns,but also cowers from bullies,has a phobia about hitting,and warns children to not play with firecrackers,due to the fear they may lose an eye.
Give me a break!
Actually Celzic shows his ignorance about handgunsas well as what happens in the real world.
I own 4 Glocks and no way in heck will one discharge, by simply being dropped out of a pair of sweatpants.
In fact, Glock tests the saftey of their pistols by chambering a shell and then dropping the gun, out of a helicopter at a heighth of 500 feet, to test the saftey of the firing mechanism.
Memo to sissy boy Celzic, if you believe the government can protect you 24/7/365, even when some dopped up thug has broken into your home at 3:00 AM, armed and ready to rob and visit violence,then perhaps you should move to the North Pole and begin a new profession, building toys for Santa Claus.

Geez, everytime some knucklehead like Harris Smith, carries a gun into a club, in a pocket of a pair of sweatpants, then is accidently shot (alledgedly) the girly men like Celzic crawl out from under their rocks in which they reside and use an act of stupidity to crusade against something they consider as the most dangerous device,ever devised by man. Then of course, firecrackers are number 2.
I still remember watching that pathetic little whimp,David Gregory almost start crying when he was shown a photo of an M80 firecracker blowing up a tomato, then not realizing 99.99% of sober people don't hold them in their hands,after lit, almost started crying about the grave danger they pose to every child in the country.
I guess,Gregory is also too ignorant to realize,their is this thing called "parental supervision", which responsible parents follow, when their pre-teen children are enjoying fireworks during July 4th and New Years eve.

I bet the Gregory's and Celzic's are the kids who were intimidated, into giving up their milk money, by the school yard bully.

Plaxico is and always has been an ass. A good receiver; but an ass. The Steelers gleefully dumped him to the Giants and now the best thing that could have happened to that franchise has happened now that he is, essentially, gone. And their play this year continues to demonstrate that he won’t be missed.

With regard to high profile athletes and guns, or weapons of any kind for that matter, it could be argued that these guys need them. The places they tend to frequent in their off hours and the way they flaunt their success dictates that there are many who would want to mess with them and that they will be targets. This won’t change unless guys like Plaxico (what the F kind of name is Plaxico??) starts attending Bible Study sessions instead of sleazy ethnic after hours clubs.

If I were in their shoes, I’d go out of my way to get a permit to carry and have heat on me twenty four hours a day.

Consider: Why did Paul Pierce get stabbed eleven times? Because he was there.

It amazes me that liberal types seem completely unaware of the vast research documenting how normal, everyday good guys protect themselves from bad guys every day with guns.

"Judicial do-gooderism turned into a death sentence."

This is the most ignorant statement in the whole article. Just keep telling yourself that 'activist judges' caused the murder rather than a person holding a gun.

"I bet the Gregory's and Celzic's are the kids who were intimidated, into giving up their milk money, by the school yard bully."

I bet TEM's kids were the prejudiced bigots that wear cammo clothing and disrespect anything they can't assimilate into their narrow worldview.

"...starts attending Bible Study sessions instead of sleazy ethnic after hours clubs."

Dude, you are so racist for saying this, and the F'n name Plaxico comes from latin for 'peaceful'. Stop being so racist.

It's noon EST and all of the college kids, trust funders and social workers must be up.

Reality has never been your strong point horse.

Thomas, you are an idiot if you believe that I am some college kid or a trust fund baby. Try and come up with something intelligent and stop the baseless insults that this board is so good at('Celzic, is your prototypical,limp wristed', 'Plaxico is and always has been an ass.', 'what the F kind of name is Plaxico??')

And asdf, in REALITY you really are a racist, and you can not defend that. Nor have you answered my question of what you do for a living that is so noble, or refuted my statement that you are a tie-wearing corporate yes-man surrounded by suits all day going to happy hour spending $5 on a beer while complaining about $3/gal. gas.

"I bet the Gregory's and Celzic's are the kids who were intimidated, into giving up their milk money, by the school yard bully."

What should they do, shoot the bully?

Yes, according to babynology.com Plaxico does somehow mean peaceful and might have some origins in Latin (placidus or placere) or even French (placide) from which we have the word placid. If that is the case, then it makes his career and this incident that much funnier.

Hey dimwit,er I mean horse, first of all, my only child is only 8 years old and he doesn't own any cammo clothing. I only duck hunt occasionally,however,enjoy going to the shooting range 2-3 times a weeks, meeting with some MD buddies of mine and target shooting for a small amount of cash. So you are the only one making asnine assumptions based on everyone who owns a gun being a dimwit,my IQ is 163 and those who I shoot with have IQ's much higher and save lives in surgery on a daily basis, they don't suck on the public teat nor do I, we all have jobs where we are held accountable for tangible results on a daily basis, no excuses,just results.

Secondly, did I say shoot the schoolyard bully? Hell no, but if you have any manhood, you don't back down,which you apparently endorse. If you would read the posts,then think before making a reply,you would notice it's people like you, that have a phobia about returning a hard punch with an even harder punch. If you do what you suggest and beg the bully to leave you alone or run to tattle, then you become fair game the rest of your life.
I would also bet those "at risk" children and families, greatly mulitiplied by that quaqmire referred to as a "The war on poverty, you counsel to not shoot firecrackers,lest they may lose an eye.

Dude, when it comes to the real world you are as clueless as Harris Smith or that limp wristed Celzic.

Memo to you horse: a gun sitting untouched has never killed a single person, the trigger must be pulled for death to occur, which leads directly to what all of you utopian leftists despise more than guns,fireworks,hitting,or bullies, that being individuals being held accountable for their actions. The BS and other tired responses about "root causes" are old and just another method of sucking more tax dollars from responsible,hard working,law abiding citizens,so you can continue to fund your wasteful and worthless social programs. You know they don't work,however, I bet you get a warm fuzzy in your little tummy because you have good intentions,which is the method the left wishes to be judged.

You should be on your hands and knees praying every night, that their are real men standing guard,willing to battle evil,so you and your kind have the right to exercise your right to free speech.

P.S. Actually,I have purchased my son his first shotgun and we are going to the range this weekend to shoot skeet. This concept is foreign to you,however,I will be at his side providing parental supervision as well as instructing him in firearm saftey. I don't need some nosy, social worker, who can barely take care of themself, interferring in how I rear my child. If I am not breaking any law(s), I don't want some nosy, "know nothing", busy body, social worker involved in my personal life.

Secondly, what you advocate as advise on dealing with bullies has been tried and failed miserably in the real world. It's called appeasement and it only encourages continued aggressive behavior by despots and dictators.
Give peace a chance has been tried and it was a miserable failure.

P.S.S. You are a fine one to speak about a narrow world view, especially considering your post believing that you have to own cammo to own a firearm or if you profess to be a Christian you must be a bigot. Funny thing horse, I would wager that you don't have the stones to say those same things outside a mosque,just as their congregation is leaving. I don't think your utopian view of not hitting or saying that people who believe in a higher being are stupid or intolerant. If you do have the stones to take this challenge,I hope the state,which pays your salary, has good medical insurance, because a hug or kind words won't prevent the violence that will be directed toward you.
You are naive,beyond reason. Have a great day in the universe, of good intentions, in which you inhabit.

BTW, Bruce Wayne you are correct about a sawed off (18 inches which is legal) pump action,12gauge Mossberg loaded with 8 shells, is not only a great defense tool,but also a deterent,especially when any thug, hears that first shell being pumped into the chamber. I own 3 ( 2 from my US service days), then a HK MP-5 with a collapsable stock is always good, 30 rounds of a sub-sonic 9mm shell, especially the old double tap is effective as well, then I am fond of my Glock .45 cal loaded with 230 grain bullets. All three are proven thug busters, that's why terrorists would never visit violence upon a city like Dallas or Atlanta, because they know there is a better than 70% chance every ordinary citizen owns, is capable of effectively
using it, as well as having the will to pull the trigger. They may be barbarians,however,they aren't completely stupid.
Home invasion robberies are also a rare occurence in states that have passed "The Castle Doctrine Law", which states if any individual is on your property and in any way makes a threating statement or action against you or family, then you have the right to eliminate the problem,without criminal charges as well as being exempt from civil lawsuits.

Hey horse, the blacks in the state I reside hunt and own as many weapons as do the whites, does that make them racist? You people don't have a clue about racial issues, living in harmony with your neighbors have more to do with your personal values than color of skin. In the south,which you seem to know little about,other than the books you have read, people who have similar values,hobbies,likes,dislikes,etc. have no problem getting along or doing recreational activities as families or individuals. It has never been a problem with me, in fact I drove down 90 miles south with one of my best friends who happens to be black, to watch his son play in a college BB game.
If being culturally conservative is an indicator to the left, that you must be intolerant or racist,then you have to include blacks in that group, because black families are as if not more culturally conservative than many whites,especially the leftists who refuse to recognize that fact nor will they ever let the race issue die. Horse,I bet you see a racist under every bed, standing in every alley, hiding behind every gun shop door,etc. You people need some counseling over your phobia with race causing all the world's problems.
Most normal people that I associate with, never think about the skin color, again it's no different than having white,asian,or hispanic friends, it all has to do with similar values,likes,dislikes,etc.
Let it go horse,before your family or co-workers have you committed to a state hospital.

memo to you TEM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am-Qdx6vky0

TEM,

Did I ever call you a racist? nope...

I call out ASDF because he consistantly calls Obama 'Barack Hussein Obama' because the name Hussein plays on the fear card because it is an 'arab-muslim' name, playing on the fear of his RACE. As well, his inclusion of the word 'ethnic' in the noun phrase 'sleazy ethnic after hours clubs' denotes people of a diffrent ethnicity of he, which I assume he means 'people-not-white', and has no semantic weight but to highlight the fact that this kind of thing is happening to black people. Once again, racist. Furthermore, when even bringing up the subject of his name ASDF was derogatory towards his assumed root of the name. It is actually a beautiful name, but because he thought it was some ghetto hoochie baby momma name he says, "what the F kind of name is Plaxico??"

"living in harmony with your neighbors have more to do with your personal values than color of skin."

Tell that to the family with no bread tonight.

And about religion, I never said I was Athiest, just Agnostic, and I love true Christians that live the message, but feel organized religion has failed to fulfill the mission. The word Christian is even so skewed now I can not personally stand behind it, but there is a set of values that is universally shared between religions around the world (i.e. big world view) that I choose to follow. 'God' is just a word of the ineffable, the whole point of 'Yaweh' was that the Hebrews could not say it's true name.

Your attempts to call me narrow minded and unknowedgeable about different cultures is absurd and moot. And by the way, I fully recognize that some black people are racist. Some really hate me. Why? Because they have a preconceived notion of who I am. What seperates me from you is that I know that I am where I am because of a system of oppression and domination that preceeded me, but that every homeless person that you are afraid of has the same capabilities as you and I, and that the roles could all too easily be reversed.

You are aware of the power shift that exists around you when you say, 'go say it in front of a mosque'. You know the fragil nature of your dominance, but feel entitled because you work. Guess what, millions of americans are one severe medical condition away from poverty. It isn't a question of if it will happen to you, but when.

"Give peace a chance has been tried and it was a miserable failure. "

It worked with Ghandi.

" the trigger must be pulled for death to occur"

I am glad we agree it isn't judges sitting on a bench.

I guess I really hit the nail on the head with the kid comment. This concept is foreign to you,however you can't control teenagers. If you continue to be authoritative, they will shove your 'guidelines' out the window.

p.s. I bet you spanked your child even with a mountain of research demonstrating the ineffectiveness of punishment.

And I am thankful for the soldiers, just not the war whith the way it has been handled from day one. I think they deserve better, to which I have devoted part of my career.

Barry Hussein is more of a Muslim than he is a 'Christian'. So, should he be embarrassed or concerned about using his middle name?

Good news this morning though. There's a motion to take the case of his un-substatiated and likely bogus birth record to the Supreme Court.

Apparently, there are still serious people in this country.

Horse you are correct about the disabled, abused young,and elderly do require assistance. I have no problem with that group,however, I donate at least 10% of my net yearly salary, to charities, where there isn't the government waste involved and the bulk of the money actually reaches the intended needy.
My experience has shown that the left talks a great game on caring for the poor,however,only if it involves the tax payers money. They sure don't walk the walk when it comes to their own money.
Joe Biden donates less than 1% of his salary to charaties, Obama less than 5%, while having one of his many half brothers, lives in real poverty.
George Soros, hides his income in offshore banks,all to avoid paying taxes,however,he is the first to advocate higher taxes on the general public.
Michael Moore, talks a good game about hiring minorities and union employees, then why does he live in a community that is 99.9% white and has never employed more than 1 minority and refuses to allow his employees to unionize?
Nancy Pelosi, talks a good game on being a union supporter and enviromental caretaker. Then why does her husband,who pays for all that plastic surgery/botox she has allowed on her plastic face?
It was paid for by the sweat off non union labor.
Obama and the left say they are the "champions of public education", then why do they all send their own children to expensive private schools,while denying the poor the same opportunity? They really care more about the teachers unions and the money they donate.
Ted Kennedy sits on the education committee,however he knows less about public education, than Dexter Manley knows about reading.
Neither he nor his own children attended a public school one single day, as an enrolled student.
Kennedy,who has lead a less than honorable life, sits in moral judgement of supreme court nominees.
How would he like being placed behind a table and be grilled on the less than honorable life,he has lived? The drowning incident,where he saved his own miserable life,however allowed a young woman to die or what about making a full accounting of his meetings with the KGB and enabling Marxists to murder or imprison millions. Then the man crows about being the "conscience" of the democrat party. That's hypocrisy.
The Republicans don'have clean hands either when it comes to the hypocrisy game.

Unless you have been to third world countries,then you nor the "caring"left know what real poverty is all about.

The second ammendment is absolutely written in a clear manner that should be beyond debate, by any reasonable mind. If the left can invent the right of "privacy" out of thin air, then how can they question the second ammendment?
Just because they fear guns,much like firecrackers or their fear of catching a veneral disease by sitting on a public toilet seat, doesn't give them the right to circumvent the constitution.
The same goes for this joke referred to as the "fairness doctrine" in their attempt to
continue to emulate their 60's era heros, Ho Chi Mihn, Castro, Che, as well as current hero Chavez, to silenece speech that they disagree.

These are just some of the reasons I have a problem with the self proclaimed "annoited" as well as "do gooders".
I have no respect for them,due to their arrogance, "know what's best for the general public" attitudes. Hell, if these people were worth their weight in horse manure, they would spend their entire adult lives,in places where accountability and results aren't clear cut or measurable.

Lastly, yes I do spank my child,when needed, as well as did what 99.99% of the other parents (both black and white) did, signed a permission statement to use corporal punishment when needed.
As far as you remark about all the studies show it doesn't work, just believing what that old fool Dr Spock stated in his mid 1960's book, isn't enough proof for myself or others.
Once again, it goes back to my original premise of sissy boys of the left having a phobia about hitting. You don't have to abuse a child,however, if you resided in the south, your views would be in the minority, with both black and white.

How can you call asdf a racists by referring to Obama;s middle name? You and your ilk's obsession with all things PC caused over 3,000 to lose their lives on 9/11 and it will continue unless some common sense is applied. We know 85 year old grandmothers aren't the ones that are blowing up planes and killing people. What group committed the bombings in London on 7/7?
What about the chaos and murder in Bombay last week?
If you have a problem with the TSA profiling, much like the FBI does with serial killers,and Israelis do with their perboarding procedures, then I say tough. I care more about saving lives than hurting a few individuals feelings.
I also don't care about what the left says about the importance of being PC and their continued BS about "root causes" of terrorism.
You can play pollyanna, whistle in the dark,while pretending to be brave, myself on the other hand will take every step necessary to protect my saftey as well as my families.

"Barry Hussein is more of a Muslim than he is a 'Christian'."

Just keep believing that. A name is just a name. My middle name starts with an O'xxxxx, but I'm not F'n irish or scottish. You are an idiot.

What the hell kind of name is Plaxico?

"You and your ilk's obsession with all things PC caused over 3,000 to lose their lives on 9/11"

You are an idiot to believe this. Look up the word infidel and get back to me. You sound like Mike saying that they thought we were too weak to fight back.

As for the "root causes" of terrorism, it is the same as the Thugs you cower about: Poverty... have's + have-nots, education, human rights. Why did terrorists attack Mumbai? It is a commercial icon in the area, representing the oppressive nature of laissez faire capitalism.

"myself on the other hand will take every step necessary to protect my saftey as well as my families."

Guess what, you are afraid, therefore the terrorists won.

I bet you wished we lived in 1984 where big brother would always keep you safe.

That MENSA horse says that Plaxico means 'peaceful'. I think he made that up.

"As far as you remark about all the studies show it doesn't work, just believing what that old fool Dr Spock stated in his mid 1960's book, "

I wouldn't say mountain of research if that was what I was talking about. I'll bring some articles for you to look over.

And of course, everybody is an 'idiot' to horse. You know, the person who comes on here with specious arguments and consistently gets his azz kicked.

ASDF,

Talk to TEM about being in MENSA with his 160+ IQ or whatever, my lowly self is only around 128 and will never qualify for MENSA. But it isn't IQ that makes the man, as you demonstrate so well.

As well, Plaxico is obviously a root related to the contemporary word 'Placer' which in Spanish means n. Pleasure. Idiot.

"Just keep believing that. A name is just a name. My middle name starts with an O'xxxxx, but I'm not F'n irish or scottish. You are an idiot."

What kind of name does "Barack Hussein Obama" sound like to you? Maybe a guy who was born of a Muslim Kenyan father, who has a Muslim half brother living in Kenya, who has a Muslim cousin living in Kenya (for that matter, a whole contingent of Muslim Obamas living in Kenya), who has a Muslim aunt living illegally in subsidized welfare housing in the U.S.? Or maybe a guy who went to Muslim schools in Indonesia? Or how about a guy who joins a 'Christian' church where they don't follow the teachings of 'Christ' but profess Afro-centrism and how evil and racist America and Americans are and whose most honored supporter is Nation of Islam's Louis Farrakhan?

Is this so hard to understand? Do you get the picture?

And I'm the idiot? Oy.

There's that dredded 'I' word again. I would have guessed lower, btw.

Anyway, as I suspected, you've been making this stuff up to suit your arguments and make yourself comfortable.

Now:

"As well, Plaxico is obviously a root related to the contemporary word 'Placer' which in Spanish means n. Pleasure."

Earlier:

"Dude, you are so racist for saying this, and the F'n name Plaxico comes from latin for 'peaceful'."

Perhaps not obviously enough.

"What kind of name does "Barack Hussein Obama" sound like to you? "

You have heard about the book, and about reading the cover.

My best friend's name is Badru Akeem. That is a muslim name, but he sure as hell ain't muslim. He is smart enough to read the Koran before passing judgement.

Spanish is a Romance language, meaning it is primarily derived from Latin.

The Latin wood Pax means peace. Plax was then made a root from which other words are formed. After 2000 years the root still exists and is widely used as I already gave an example. Even the English word 'Pleasure' is a mutated form of the same root. Try learning another language and you will see how the pieces click together Bubba.

horse, LOL. Stop, you're killing me!!

You still can't defend being a racist, or disclose what noble profession you hold. Your obsessent use of his middle name is playing on the fear card to try and make him appear muslim. It is racist because you would never call Palin "Sarah Louise Heath Palin" or McChanged "John Sidney McCain III".

What the F* kind of name is "Sidney"? It sounds like a pussy white girl's name?

"Kennedy,who has lead a less than honorable life, sits in moral judgement of supreme court nominees."

Do you mean Harriet Myers, because she was a clown and bigger puppet than George 'W.alker-texas-ranger' Bush.

"especially considering your post believing that you have to own cammo to own a firearm"

I never said you have to wear cammo to own a gun. Plenty of people on my street own guns, but their 'cammo' is red, gray, black, hooded sweatshirts and big jeans.

Horse- if you think Islamic barbarians or street thugs intimidate me or cause fear,then you are greatly mistaken.
I fear no man and as a result, I haven't been confronted by a thug, regardless of loaction in over 10 years. Criminals,thugs,and terrorists are all saavy enough to pick out the sheep.
Once again, I have served in places where you wouldn't even leave the embassy grounds and sure as the hell wouldn't be cruising the streets or pubs to gather intell.
Just because you have a phobia about bullies and hitting, doesn't mean I do.
I would hardly compare your social work visits with protecting US personnel, in some of the most hostile places in the world.
I may have phobia's,however,fear isn't one of them.
I would bug a radical US mosque in a heartbeat and have no fear in maintaining surevlliance, especially due to the fact that your buddies don't want to hurt the poor radical Islamic thugs feelings.

Like I have said before, I know 2 public housing projects, built as part of that quaqmire called "The War on Poverty", located in New Orleans and you wouldn't walk alone without being armed for any amount of money.
If you want to talk the talk, now walk the walk.

Give peace a chance,especially during the cold war was a real success, considering it only lead to a few million deaths, due to the useful idiots or cowards, in the west having a complete lack of understanding of Marixisms real intent.
If you can justify the millions of deaths in southeast Asia, especially in the name of "social justice", then give it your best shot.

BTW, have you ever been in a street fight? Ever, even going back to grade school. I am sure you will blow some smoke about how you talk youself out of robberies, street fights against drug addicts,and other assorted lunatics that the ACLU has allowed to roam the streets of most large cities. I would love to see you make one of these thugs like you, by using no more than nicke,kind words. That I would pay to witness.
Again, if you can't locate some of those thugs i refer to, I will be happy to provide locations in a city close to you.

Let it go pollyannna. No sane person can spend their entire adult life with their heads in the clouds pretending to not recognize danger or reality.

Horse- I agree Harriet Miers was not qualified to be on the Supreme Court,however it was conservatives who prevented that train wreck.
In regard to Kennedy, I seriously doubt if she has ever killed anyone or collaborated with murderous Marxists, all in at attempt to advance his own political career.
I also doubt she ever cheated on a college exam and was expelled from a university.
Miers may not be the sharpest tool in the shed,however, Ted Kennedy is the dullest,especially when it comes to intellectual matters.
Kennedy is a complete disaster who has killed more people with his car than 99% handguns, owned by law abiding,hard working citizens, ever will.

I have always wondered if Teddy got the warm fuzzies, when he lead the charge to cut off all funding to the South Vietnamese and enabled his communist buddies to murder a few million people.

Afterall, it was Kennedy and Kerry who testified or stated that the communists would do less harm to the citizens of South Vietnam, than their government.
In fact Kerry, testifying using a speech written by Teddy's minion, stated that maybe 2,000 South Vietnamese many need to be evacuated.
Got that one wrong by a few million.

TFM, let's not forget his direct collaboration with the Soviets in an attempt to discredit and embarrass Ronald Reagan. The guy is liberal slime and the quicker he's out as representative of the moonbats of Massachusetts in particular and of the Senate of the United States in general, the better.

"I have always wondered if Teddy got the warm fuzzies, when he lead the charge to cut off all funding to the South Vietnamese and enabled his communist buddies to murder a few million people."

And I bet you think we could have won Vietnam if we just doubled the troops to 400K and spent another 14 years. Do you remember how Vietnam was unwinable from the way it was handled, much like the current...

.... horse you must mean that 45 year old,unwinnable,quaqmire, referred to as the "War on Poverty". Billions spent and what are the results? The braekdown of the family unti, lack of personal responsibility,and the cities being more dangerous than ever.

What is the left's exit strategy for that 45 year old quaqmire? More government dependancy,all in order to keep poor people on Uncle Sams Plantation,while the left serves their role as the plantation masters.
That is racist horse.

BTW, are you capable of maintaining,even the slightest hint of composure? Profanity is nothing more than a crutch for conversational cripples.
You call other posters curse words on this board,you would never have the courage to say to their face. I know darn well if you called me a pus*y to my face,I would drop you, DUDE.

The left talks a great game,until they are face to face with any average adult. Billy Ayers talked about killing 25 million hard core capitalist, I am giving serious consideration,into walking into one of his classes,when the old coward returns from his "sabbatical" and being completely unarmed,giving him his opportunity to kill a hard core capitalist. I want his entire class of the indoctrinated to witness first hand,what a fraud Billy actually is and has always been.
Billy gets the first and last punch,because he is going to drop like a bag of bricks,when his fist moves.

"The braekdown of the family [unit]..."

You can blame that one on Henery VIII.

"...quaqmire, referred to as the "War on Poverty". "

What about the quaqmire, referred to as the "War on Drugs" that is being completely undermined by the GWOT?

" Profanity is nothing more than a crutch for conversational cripples."

What does it say about you throwing around 'moonbat' and 'idiot' with no weight to them. what's the matter? crippled much?

Go have your heart attack already you type A, anger riddled, unsatisfied, shell of a competent and compassionate person.

"What is the left's exit strategy for that 45 year old quaqmire? More government dependancy,all in order to keep poor people on Uncle Sams Plantation,while the left serves their role as the plantation masters.
That is racist horse."

Since you know me and all moonbat liberals so well, you know we reluctantly believe in Orwell's words, of which he said there will always be a lower class. The difference between us and you is that we work to relieve suffering, while you willingly create more.